Author: Tim Challies

When Fruit Does Not Spring Up

God’s plan and God’s expectation is that those who are saved will bear fruit. And not only will they bear fruit, but they will bear fruit quickly and abundantly. Fruitfulness is evidence of both salvation and sanctification. See AlsoShaken to Bear FruitFruitfulness and Usefulness5 Ways Every Christian Grows

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Weekend A La Carte (January 20)

Weekend A La Carte: Ministerial platforms, self-praise, and self-glory / The traits of false teachers / Grace from the God who guards your life / Beware the devil’s normal schemes / Actual trust / and more.See AlsoWeekend A La Carte (June 4)Weekend A La Carte (June 13)Weekend A La Carte (7/13)

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A Big Problem You Didn’t Know You Had

I still remember, and may never forget, the first time I stopped to consider envy. I was reading a book by Os Guinness and was blindsided by a section on that particular sin. I immediately understood that it was prominent in my life and immediately began to take steps to address it. The process took some time and the sin still lingers, but its power has been broken and its grip diminished. I am still prone to occasional bouts of envy, but, by grace, I have learned to identify it and counter it. Envy Mike Fabarez Because I know I am prone to the sin of envy, I find value in pausing to consider it from time to time. Most recently this took the form of Mike Fabarez’s new book Envy: A Big Problem You Didn’t Know You Had. That one little word envy, he says, “represents an injurious threat to your sanctification. It has probably already racked up a multitude of hits in your life. And much of the pain it has caused has been lamented and grieved. But I find we all too often fail to connect the dots.” It is, after all, a sin that has a way of flying under the radar. We identify its consequences and lament them, but rarely identify the sin, admit its presence, and put it to death. Every book on envy makes it clear that envy is a particularly insidious sin. They all make it clear that it has long been considered among the worst when…See AlsoEnvy Always WinsThe Lost Sin of Envy – What Envy WantsThe Lost Sin of Envy – How Envy Behaves

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A La Carte (January 19)

A La Carte: Normalizing LGBTQ pornography / Digital detox and intentional ignorance / Dear ChatGPT users / What is the most important thing taught in the Bible? / The gates of the city / Burial vs cremation / and more.See AlsoWeekend A La Carte (December 7)A La Carte (10/4)A La Carte (10/3)

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A La Carte (January 18)

A La Carte: Reflections on the evangelical featuring / Do liturgical calendars help? / The danger of self-soothing through social media / The T.B. Joshua story points to a problem in many more churches / When your mentor goes to heaven / Poetry / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (8/29)A La Carte (5/9)A La Carte (07/24)

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